Wood Homers in Loss to the Braves

Nats Chat

Mark Zuckerman & Al Galdi

Sports, Baseball

4.9 • 573 Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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The Nats fell short 3-2 on Tuesday night as the Braves have now won ten games in a row. Al & Tim begin with James Wood's 28th homer of the season, just his 4th since the All-Star Break. Wood did not strikeout and remains eight Ks shy of Mark Reynolds' single season record. (08:00) Luis Garcia Jr. played 1B on Tuesday as it seems like his days at 2B are coming to an end. Daylen Lile was also in the lineup just a few days after exiting Sunday's game early due to a knee contusion. (15:10) The Nationals yet again unsuccessfully attempted a staggered double steal with runners on the corners. This came in the top of the 4th as Washington was unable to increase their one-run lead. (17:30) Brad Lord pitched well, but the two solo homers he allowed led to him taking his 9th loss of the year. Lord's ERA is at 4.12 as is his season is likely over. Could Lord win Nationals Pitcher of the Year this upcoming weekend? (22:30) MacKenzie Gore's season is also over as he was placed on the IL due to an ankle impingement. Gore made the All-Star Game, but his ERA continued to climb in the back half of the year. Gore did set a career high with 185 strikeouts; four more than he had last season. (30:00) Reaction to MLB instituting an ABS challenge system for 2026. ABS stands for "Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System" and would serve as a version of Robo Umps.

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0:00.0	The Nats Chat, end-of-season podcast party, will be at Walters at 7 p.m. on Friday night, October 10th.
0:07.3	Spread the word among your friends.
0:09.0	We're aiming for our highest attendance yet to celebrate our fifth season of coverage.
0:14.1	Walters is located across the street from the ballpark.
0:20.2	The set by Lee, the pitch to Wood, swung on, hit of the year to deep right center field.
0:25.2	Acuna is watching this one, and it is gone.
0:28.3	Goodbye.
0:29.6	Over the 16-foot wall and tucks down into the Braves' bullpen.
0:34.9	Bang, zoom goes James Wood to get the Nationals within a run and waves to the
0:39.3	nationals relievers of the bullpen his 28th homer his 90th run batted in and this is now a one-run
0:46.3	game here at the top of the eighth inning with a lead-off home run it's Atlanta 3 and Washington
0:51.8	2 now the next on the way of the pitch.
0:55.0	Swing and a mess struck him out with a slider and the game is over.
0:59.0	Iglesias with his 28 save, secures the win for Rooki Rine under Hurston Waldrop, who will move to 6 and 1.
1:08.0	Radlord pitched well over 6 innings allowed two solo homers will take the loss at fall to five and nine. And welcome to Natschat. I'm Al Galdi, host of the Al Galdi podcast, my usual co-host, my usual tag team partner. I'm MassenSports.com Nationals insider Mark Zuckerman. He is off for this installment of the podcast, but I'm joined by the owner and executive producer of Natch Chad, Tim Schovers, and James Wood homered on Tuesday night.
1:33.5	It was so nice to see that. It has not been often that we have seen that lately, but that did happen. James Wood homering just his fourth home run since homering on July 9th. He also had a double and a walk. The Nationals,
1:46.7	though, did lose. Three-two loss at the Atlanta Braves in game two of a three-game series. The
1:51.8	Nats and MLB's 2025 regular season fall to 64 and 94. Worst record in the National League East,
1:58.7	second worst record in the National League, third worst record in the majors. The Nats in this month of September now are 11 and 11.
2:07.0	Six of the 11 losses have come against the Braves who are on fire. They now have won 10
2:12.4	consecutive games. This installment of Nats chat is brought to us by Window Nation, buy two
2:17.4	windows from Window Nation.
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